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A new book explores the history of the “Keep calm and carry on” poster, revealing how a WWII propaganda tool from 1939 turned into a meme.
Keep Calm and Draw Together With assists from Shepard Fairey and Maira Kalman, graphic designers and illustrators are creating striking visual messages of safety and gratitude.
Column One WWII poster calls for calm; now it stokes frenzy, feud The bookseller who discovered the poster advising Britons to 'keep calm and carry on,' which sparked a cultural craze, has joined ...
But the "keep calm" posters were held in reserve "to be used during severe crises" so the design was "never publicly displayed during the war", director Fred Wryley-Birch said.
A set of three original "Keep Calm, Carry On" posters have sold for more than £9,000 at auction in Newcastle. The posters were originally expected to fetch up to £6,200 at Anderson & Garland's ...
The British WWII propaganda poster languished in obscurity for decades before it resurfaced in Barter Books. This is their brief history of the famous design.  ...
Three original World War Two posters proclaiming "keep calm and carry on" have raised more than £9,000 at auction, well above their top estimates. The poster was created by the British government ...
But the "keep calm" posters were held in reserve "to be used during severe crises" so the design was "never publicly displayed during the war", director Fred Wryley-Birch said.